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Friday, June 8, 2012

Once again I am posting while sitting on an aircraft waiting to take off. I did finish the baby peace quilt I started a few days ago (handstitching the binding will be done while traveling) and have linked to Amy's Sew & Tell Friday!

The quilt was pieced using Malka's A Stitch in Color jelly roll strips and a green shot cotton for the backing. I don't remember which shot cotton but the color isn't the shade it appears in this picture.

The obligatory toe shot above. The shot cotton was one I had on hand which saved me a trip to the LQS. The thread is from Connecting Threads and called Sprout. Again, I had this in my thread inventory.

I love the feel of the shot cotton. It is so soft and perfect for a baby quilt. (My daughter is editing over my shoulder and says her baby blanket {emphasis on blanket} is much softer.) She did help me with the photo shoot so I guess I should be nice to her on the plane ;-)

I probably could have gotten away without piecing the back but I wasn't taking any chances. All the fabric for the backing is A Stitch in Color - some is yardage I bought and the pieced center section is unused jelly roll strips. The binding is also pieced jelly roll strips. There are 61 print squares in this pattern. I cut three 2.5" squares from each jelly roll strip, so there are quite a few (partial at least) strips remaining which is awesome as I love this line of fabric.

The quilting was done with a walking foot. I didn't mark any lines, just followed the outline of the peace squares and quilted organic straight lines. There was a lot of starting, stopping and turning so thank goodness for the small size. Have I mentioned how I like working with baby size quilts?!!!

This quilt is headed to the Pacific Northwest as a gift representing sunny Florida, so I find it ironic that it has rained this entire week while I worked on this quilt. Orlando hasn't seen the sun shine for quite a few days now. I couldn't even take any outdoor pictures of this quilt in Florida.

Beautiful quilt!! I love how you did the quilting. It's a shame the weather did not cooperate for some outdoor shots, but I'm sure you will be able to take some awesome pictures in the Pacific Northwest ;-)